Incline Village, Nevada – Xeric Design, Ltd. is pleased to announce the release of EarthDesk 5, a major upgrade to its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map, for Macintosh OS X. EarthDesk 5.0 has been entirely rewritten in Cocoa, adds many new features and is fully compatible with both Leopard (OS X 10.5) and the upcoming Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6). 5.0.1 is an update to fix three issues uncovered since the release of 5.0. EarthDesk replaces your static desktop with an image of the Earth